When the pandemic first hit, many freeways were left wide open with virtually no traffic backups slowing drivers down. Now, new statistics show that actually led to an increase in fatal crashes.
Lawmakers working to bring extra traffic assistance to University Mall COVID-19 Vaccination Site
Lawmakers working to bring extra traffic assistance to University Mall COVID-19 Vaccination Site
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TAMPA, Fla. â Local and state lawmakers are working to offer some relief to surrounding businesses along Fowler Avenue that are feeling the impact of traffic backups at the University Mall vaccine site.
This comes as ABC Action News has received multiple complaints about traffic backups.
We also talked with many of you out waiting to be vaccinated and saw some of the issues firsthand. They called us yesterday and told us to be here at 10:30 and 10:15, no later, no sooner, and we got into this and weâve been here about five hours, said Dave Wilson, who was waiting to be vaccinated at the site on Thursday.
Shoppers get stuck on train tracks amid Highland Village Christmas traffic
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) Doing some last minute Christmas shopping? You might come across some potentially-dangerous traffic in the Highland Village area.
Traffic control officers are directing traffic in the area, but if you re not careful, you could end up getting caught on the railroad tracks.
Highland Village is home to some very popular shops: Sephora, Pottery Barn and an Apple Store to name a few.
That means there s a lot of traffic, especially right before Christmas.
Watch out for the train! I have a warning about drivers traveling down Westheimer near Highland Village. Officers stop traffic to help shoppers cross, but backups stack up quickly! @abc13houston Katherine Whaley (@KatherineABC13) December 23, 2020
thank you so much for that. let s go to katie beck in savannah, georgia, where the governor issued a mandatory evacuation order. katie, what s the latest in savannah? reporter: well, we re just starting to see some landfall here as well, chris, and people are heeding those evacuation orders. you can see behind me this area is deserted. we are in historic downtown savannah right along the river. this is a very popular tourist area. lots of bars. lots of restaurants. right now every hotel is closed. every shop is closed. there are sandbags in front of the doors. so obviously people know to take those orders seriously and get out ahead of this storm, not wait until it arrives. tomorrow morning traffic on 95 out of savannah will be counterflow, that means the traffic will be going away from here. they ll be telling people to continue to evacuate to try to avoid some of the traffic backups we ve seen in the past. additionally the civic center here in savannah will be opening its doors to
to steer clear of the cielo vista mall if. but they re talking about, i guess, minor backups which would imply traffic backups and clearing time until further notice. neither of those sound particularly alarming. this at a mall complex but with big box stores and then a mall along a major interstate there in el paso. not far from the airport and not far from the border either. we ve got a crew enroute there, and as soon as possible they get there, we ll pass along anything you need to know. gillian: isis now taking responsibility today for a terror attack targeting christians in mozambique yesterday. this as officials say isis anding and al-qaeda are still global security threats to the united states. joins joining us now, senior fellow at the hudson institute